Friday, February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Random Acts of Kindness Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
February 17, 2017 President Trump came out swinging at his press conference, not ranting
or raving but over an hour of bashing the media and answering a broad range of
questions; nomination for EPA will be voted on today as Schumer’s minions
theatrically try to prolong vote on Pruitt (while the Maine equivalent of
Benedict Arnold has announced she will vote for him and two Blues look like
they will defy Schumer and vote to confirm); after the Flynn resignation we are
still rudderless in the important and crucial position of NSA as Admiral
Harward declined the offer to take the job (how about retired general Jack
Keane?); white guilt is still alive and well at the University of Wisconsin as
the student group there is demanding that because of slavery, blacks should
receive free tuition and housing; in perhaps another example of intolerance of
the gay community a same sex couple wanting to marry and who were denied
flowers for their “marriage” have prevailed in a antidiscrimination law suit
against the florist (many florists in the town of Richland why not pick another
one?); Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel is the latest to fall under the
Schumer crosshairs but should prevail easily (Blues who run afoul of the
pro-Israel lobby are going to face wrath in 2018); in another example of how
bad the hysteria among the left has become over the election of Donald Trump, a
group of parents protesting the election have refused to allow their kids to participate in an elite private schools annual skating
party at Trump’s rink in Central Park forcing the cancellation of the event; the number of mostly
blacks who were shot by mostly blacks in
Chicago in 2017 through February 16 now totals 437, 81 of whom have died but
from Mayor Emanuel and the BLM nothing but the sounds of silence and the fact
that of the shooting deaths in 2017 less
than 3.5% of the homicide have cleared (no wonder President Trump was moved
during his press conference).

As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Katy
Perry and Juicy J, factoids of interest
for this day in history, a quote from Gore Vidal, hoping that you are dressed for
a rawky day, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like, birthdays, graduations, weddings, or anniversaries,
you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized
poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You
need only contact me for details.

1. Random Acts of Kindness Day—celebrating
acts that will bring joy and a smile to someone that will blow you away from
paying for the person behind you in a line for fast food to letting someone go
in front of you at a grocery store (another observance that should be
celebrated and observed more often). 2.
National Champion Crab Races Day—celebrating
the time honored tradition of if it moves one can bet on it but here make sure
there is a circular wall after the yellow ring so the poor crabs don’t get
stepped on by the onlookers and can be retrieved in one piece by their owners.

3.Number One Song in 2014 —celebrating
the number 1 song in 2014 on a run of 4 weeks in that position “Dark Horse” by Katy
Perry and Juicy J. Here is a link to the duo performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0
4.Word of
the Day—the word of the day is “rawky” which means foggy, damp and cold which is the type
of weather we get on the coast in Orange County in June.

5. It’s Hot—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1981 of socialite Paris Hilton pal of Lindsey Lohan and Ivanka
Trump who had her inheritance slashed when her grandfather donated the bulk of
his estate to charity.

On this day in:

1. 1600 in a bad
day for science the philosopher, poet and cosmologist Giordano Bruno was burned
alive at the stake for heresy in the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome.

2. 1801 in the election for president there was
a tie vote in the Electoral College and Thomas Jefferson was elected president
and Aaron Burr vice president by the House of Representatives.

3. 1933 the first
issue of Newsweek was published.

4. 1964 SCOTUS ruled in Wesberry v. Sanders
that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in term of
residents.

5. 1996 in a good day for humans against
machines, world chess champion Garry Kasparov defeated IBM’s super computer
Deep Blue in a chess match.

Reflections
on heresy: “The malice of a true Christian attempting to destroy an opponent is
something unique in the world. No other religion ever considered it necessary
to destroy others because they did not share the same beliefs. At worst,
another man's belief might inspire amusement or contempt—the Egyptians and
their animal gods, for instance. Yet those who worshipped the Bull did not try
to murder those who worshipped the Snake, or to convert them by force from
Snake to Bull. No evil ever entered the world quite so vividly or on such a
vast scale as Christianity did.”Gore
Vidal, noted author who at the time of making this quote was unaware of the
schism between Shias and Sunnis or the existence of radical Islam. Please enjoy
thepoems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
like them, retweet andfollow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or
Notfor just This Day in History.

About Me

Raised in a small fishing village in Alaska, Petersburg,in the 40's and 50's. Returned in the 60's to fish commercially on purse seiners for six summers. Graduate of Stanford class of 69 with great distinction, Yale Law School class of 72, For many years an experienced, efficient, and creative lawyer and adviser providing venture capital, corporate and transactional legal services to start-ups and emerging private and public companies. Published poet, customized poems for memorable events, creator of Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day in History (daily factoids, holidays, quotes and often a short poem), and daily tweets in 140 iambic bytes on news of day and in the process of publishing North to Alaska--Islands of Stability in Seas of Change. Contact me have created a unique customized poem for any memorable event or to impress a loved one networking events. mridley@octechlaw.com, www.octechlaw.com, linkedin.com/in/octechlaw.com, twitter.com/alaskanpoet,
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